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N. MORSE.

WIRE WALL TIE. No. 392,744. Patented Nev. 13, 1888.

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NITED STATES Parent NOLAN MORSE, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN F. CRAFTS, OF SAME PLACE.

l WIRE WALL-=TEE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 392,7dd, dated November 13,1888.

Application filed March 12, 1888. Serial No. 266,960. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that LNoLAn Moms, of Worcester, in the county of Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and 5 useful Improvements in fire Wall-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, v

forming a part of this specification, and in 10 which- Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved wall-tie. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through a portion thereof, taken on line a a, Fig. 1.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a strong, simple, and inexpensive tie for fastening together the brickwork in the walls of buildings, and it consists of a piece of suitable wire cut of the proper length to form the tie lo and having its ends bent into the shapes hereinafter more fully explained.

In order that others may better understand the nature and purpose thereof, I will now proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings the part marked 1) represents the central portion or shank of the tie, and c c the bent ends before alluded to. Said ends cc are bent to form a loop, 0, at each end of the shank 7), upon opposite sides thereof,

0 with said ends passed over the shank at or about right angles thereto and in opposite directions to each other.

It is preferable to hammer the wire where the ends cross the shank or main part, so as to halve them one into the other, as indicated in 5 Fig. 2, and thus produce a smooth and even surface upon both sides of the tie, the advantage of which will at once be apparent.

A tie thus made, as will at once be seen, is very strong and durable, as well as inexpen- 4o sive, and when laid into the brick-work it is not readily drawn or moved from its bed by any ordinary strain, while at the same time, being smaller in its crossdiameter than the usual flat iron ties employed, lodgment of men 5 tar and other substances is less liable to occur than with said flat ties, which in practice is found to be quite a desirable advantage.

WVhat I claim as niyinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi A wall-tie made from a single piece of wire bent to produce the end loops, 0 0', upon opposite sides of the main body or shankb, the ends of said wire being passed oversaid shank at or about right angles thereto and prefera- 55 bly flattened where they cross the shank, substantially as shown and specified.

NOLAN MORSE.

Vitnesses: W. B. NoUnsE, L. W. BRIGGS. 

